Without
any doubt one of John Ford’s masterpieces. Mogambo (1953) is a film where the
savage nature blends with the “savage beauty” of the two feminine stars,
achieving an unusual passionate and sensual atmosphere.

Vic
Marswell (Clark Gable) is a hunter
who organizes safaris. In his small hotel stays the attractive Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner) with whom he has an affair.
But the arrival of the Nordley, an American couple who wants to hire him to
record the life of the gorillas, would unleash the storm. Linda Nordley (Grace Kelly) falls crazy in love with the
mature hunter. Marswell feels flattered and believe is also in love with her.
Eloise Kelly observes this situation with mix of jealousy, pain and scepticism…

The
film is really a remake of Red Dust (1932) with Gable also playing the main
role but with the background of the exotic India.

Both
Gardner and Kelly were nominated as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively
but only Kelly won the Oscar.

Mogambo was such a scandal at that time (the adultery was evident)
that the Spanish censors changed the dialogues making the married couple a couple
of brothers. The scandal was converted into incest!!! Unbelievable but true…